welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. britain s new prime minister, rishi sunak, has moved into number 10 downing street and spent most of his first day in office appointing senior members of his government. on arriving in downing street, he said the uk was facing a profound economic crisis and he made a point of saying that he d need to repair the damage caused by some of the policies of his predecessor, liz truss. here are political editor, chris mason. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes, rishi sunak, walking up downing street alone to the podium to address the country for the first time as prime minister. i have just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty the king s invitation to form a government in his name. it is only right to explain why i m standing here as your new prime minister. right now, our country is facing a profoun
Will he make good on his pledge to face possible espionage charges in return for mannings release . Plus, the dates developments at the World Economic forum. Reporter here in davos, nobel prizewinning Economist Joseph Stiglitz rules trumps economic policies are bound to fail. Brent i am brent goff. Good to have you with us. Outgoing u. S. President barack obama has given his last press conference, telling the media America Needs you, democracy needs you. That is after his successor, donald trump, floated the idea of booting the press corps out of the white house. Obama urged journalists to empower americans with accurate, rigorous reporting. President obama i spent a lot of time in my farewell address talking about the state of our democracy. It goes without saying that essential to that is a free press. That is part of how this place, this country, this grand experiment of selfgovernment has to work. It doesnt work if we dont have a wellinformed citizenry. And you are the conduit thro
Is home to 2. 5 million people. On april 25, 2015, the region was struck by a major earthquake. The tremor destroyed 890 buildings and left nearly 9,000 people dead. Even now, more than 20,000 are still living as evacuees. Many unesco World Heritage sites were badly damaged. 30 registered buildings, including palaces and temples were completely destroyed. Another 80 or more suffered partial damage. Many people still live in temporary housing and their wellbeing takes precedence, so the government is too busy to look after heritage sites. An npo called the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust or kvpt has taken up the challenge of restoring damaged World Heritage sites to their former glory. With financial and Technical Support from overseas, kvpt aims to restore 16 buildings. Its not easy to secure the materials and personnel that we require for restore ration. However we want to do everything we possibly can to complete the work. The project employs around 100 local crafts people, but s
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